No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes

The results of genetic testing for Type 2 diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...

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November 20th, 2008 - 15:14

Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...

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November 07th, 2008 - 15:20

Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome

Using DNA mapping, researchers have finally traced cancer to its genetic roots, according to a...

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November 06th, 2008 - 21:12

US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who develop...

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October 23rd, 2008 - 13:08

Virus hunters track HIV to 100 years back

Washington - A decades-old paraffin wax-encased block of tissue has added a curious chapter to the...

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October 03rd, 2008 - 08:14

Major Breakthrough In Cancer Research, A Promising Way To Study Cancer

Scientists with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University have managed...

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September 07th, 2008 - 14:30

Gene Research Heightens Hope For Curing Autism

U.S. researchers have found six new genes involved in autism. More exactly, they found that these...

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July 13th, 2008 - 15:17

Book Changes the Meaning of “Pretty”

Jessica Queller, a young, funny, attractive TV writer aged 35, had an exciting life and a...

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April 01st, 2008 - 17:54

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...

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November 08th, 2008 - 09:29

Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...

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November 08th, 2008 - 14:00

Cancer Treatment Connected To Gene Make-Up

Recently, scientists have discovered another gene mutation, which makes bowel cancer patients...

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October 23rd, 2008 - 20:10

Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly

A new study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks revelead that we...

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December 11th, 2007 - 01:12

Autistic Kids Display Common Genetic Variations

Researchers have long blamed genetics for autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) but no study...

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April 29th, 2009 - 13:33

Popular Flu Medicine Is No Longer Efficient Due to Mutations

Researchers reported Monday that Tamiflu-resistant influenza A viruses are now spreading widely...

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March 03rd, 2009 - 00:23

Gene Predicts the Likelihood of ALL Recurrence

  Acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL is the most common type of cancer in children affecting...

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January 08th, 2009 - 15:45

Bone Formation Linked to Serotonin in Gut, Research Brings Hope for Osteoporosis Sufferers

Bone formation appears to be controlled by serotonin, a chemical in the brain that also influences...

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November 27th, 2008 - 14:40

Family History Weighs Heavier Than Breast Cancer Gene Test

A study conducted by University of Toronto cancer specialist Dr. Steven Narod has recently...

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November 18th, 2008 - 22:01

A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...

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November 09th, 2008 - 21:13

Researchers Map Cancer Genes

Washington University researchers have decoded the complete DNA of a patient suffering from...

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November 07th, 2008 - 16:15

Autism Gene May Play Role in Childhood Language Disorder As Well

University of Oxford researchers discovered that a gene implicated in autism may also play a...

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November 06th, 2008 - 13:51

Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time

For the first time, scientists have managed to decode the complete DNA sequence of a cancer...

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November 06th, 2008 - 13:30

Erbitux Less Effective For Colon Cancer Patients With Second Gene Mutation

Treatment with cetuximab (Erbitux) was less effective for patients with advanced colorectal cancer...

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October 23rd, 2008 - 14:46

Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...

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October 22nd, 2008 - 23:30

Update: Physical Activity Can Reverse Effects Of Obesity Gene

As obesity increasingly becomes a global health concern, researchers all over the world try to...

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September 09th, 2008 - 14:15

Bird’s Eye View of Overall Genetic Changes In Cancer

Two revolutionary studies on cancer were published this week in the journal Science. It appears...

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September 05th, 2008 - 20:30

Scientists Discover Gene Behind Childhood Cancer Neuroblastoma

Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the National Institute for Cancer...

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August 25th, 2008 - 20:35

Christina Applegate Set a Good Example

Women who are proven to have a high risk of developing breast cancer usually choose the double...

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August 21st, 2008 - 07:26

Newly Revealed Genetic Secrets Will Help Fight against Schizophrenia

Researchers at the University of Washington say they've found specific gene variations linked to...

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July 31st, 2008 - 16:06

Gene Therapy Found to Slow Progression of Fatal Brain Condition

An experimental gene therapy had positive effects in slowing the progression of Batten disease, or...

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May 14th, 2008 - 14:39

Study Shows Schizophrenia Could Be Genetic

A new study based on the latest gene-scanning technology has brought new and much-desired light on...

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March 29th, 2008 - 19:41

Schizophrenia Linked with Array of Genetic Mutations

Just days after the death of a pioneer of schizophrenia treatment, Baltimore psychiatrist Dr. Frank...

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March 27th, 2008 - 23:21

Study Reveals Higher Risk of Breast Cancer In Ethnic Groups

Minority women have a 65 percent chance of getting breast cancer, says a recent study...

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December 27th, 2007 - 14:50

Men May Also Carry Gene For Breast Cancer, Study Finds

Not only women are at high risk of developing breast cancer, men too, a recent research revealed....

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December 15th, 2007 - 14:02

Gene Mutation Plays a Role in Breast Cancer

Researchers announced on Sunday that they’ve discovered a way that women who inherit a version of...

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December 10th, 2007 - 11:44

Breast Cancer Genetically Traced Back to…Fathers

Surprisingly or not, genetic studies have shown that breast cancer doesn’t strike out of the blue...

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June 20th, 2007 - 15:53